7-9 September 2026
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Conference Agenda
Showcase Theatre Agenda
08:55 - 09:00
Day Two Chair’s Welcome
09:00 - 09:35
INDUSTRY KEYNOTE | Democratising AI and building compute capacity to spread the benefits of AI
09:35 - 10:00
Headline Sponsor Keynote
10:00 - 10:30
Networking Break
10:30 - 10:35
Day Two Chair’s Welcome
- Michael Barnes - Chief Analyst, Omdia
10:35 - 11:00
CASE STUDY | AI Innovations at the ATO
- Andrew Watson - Deputy Commissioner & Chief Data Officer, ATO
11:00 - 11:25
DIAMOND KEYNOTE | AI and security – protecting models against attacks
11:25 - 12:20
PANEL DISCUSSION | The AI Bubble: Real or Imagined?
- Nadine 'Noodles' Groves - Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Natural Velocity
- Nicole Livingstone - CEO, Victorian Institute of Sport
- Elicia McDonald - CEO & General Partner, AirTree
12:20 - 13:30
LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK | EXHIBITION HALL
13:30 - 14:15
PANEL DISCUSSION | AI for the SME – Pilots and programs on a tight budget
- Emma Haller - Industry Program Manager, The National AI Centre
- Anu Karunkailaka - Chief Technology Officer, Intrepid Travel
- Tim Gauci - Founder & Director, Design and Diplomacy
14:15 - 14:40
CASE STUDY | Making the move to agentic AI
- Prerit Mishra - Domain Director, DHL
14:40 - 15:25
PANEL DISCUSSION | The Ethics of AI – Guardrails, bias, privacy, sovereignty and accountability
- Chris Fechner - Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Agency
- Tanya Monro - Chief Defence Scientist, Defence, Science and Technology Group
- Jinan Zou - Sr. AI Technologist, UNSW
- Himanshi Juneja - Head of Data & Analytics, CBRE
15:25 - 15:30
Closing remarks
15:30 - 15:35
Conference close
10:05 - 10:10
The Future AI Leaders Experience Sponsored by RMIT
10:10 - 10:15
OPENING REMARKS
10:15 - 11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION | AI-ready Workforce
11:00 - 11:40
INNOVATION SHOWCASE |
11:40 - 12:20
CLOSING REMARKS
12:20 - 12:25
The AI Summit Australia Showcase Theatre Welcome Remarks – AI Startup Stage
12:25 - 12:35
AI Showcase Theatre Startup Stage | Prefactor
12:35 - 12:50
Lithic Blue | Lessons from 100+ firms in high-stakes AI adoption
12:50 - 13:05
AI Showcase Theatre Startup Stage | Building AI Agents That Actually Deliver Results
13:05 - 13:20
AI Showcase Theatre Startup Stage | Proving AI ROI: What Your CFO Actually Needs to See
13:20 - 13:35
AI Showcase Theatre Startup Stage | Healthcare AI That Clinicians Want to Use
13:35 - 13:40
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